Program director: Gretchen Kipp, PharmD

Email: Gretchen.Kipp@ahn.org

Program length: 1 year

Residents per year: 6

Description

The PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program – Acute Care Setting was first accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) in 1989 and most recently re-accredited in 2021. The program provides comprehensive training in all aspects of institutional practice with an emphasis on the delivery of pharmaceutical care and clinical services. The PGY1 pharmacy residency program builds on Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and outcomes to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists responsible for medication-related care of patients with a wide range of conditions, eligible for board certification, and eligible for postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residency training.

Rotations

The 12-month postgraduate training experience is composed of a variety of required and elective rotations, as follows:

• Orientation (6 weeks)
• Cardiac Care (CCU or SICU or Cardiac Transplant) (1 month)
• Surgical Care (TICU or Neuro-ICU or Abdominal Transplant) (1 month)
• Intensive Care (SICU, TICU, or MICU ) (1 month)
• Infectious Diseases (1 month)
• Heart Failure Transitions of Care (1 month)
• Internal Medicine Transitions of Care (1 month)
• Internal Medicine (1 month)
• Administration (1 month)
• Pharmacokinetics and On-Call (Longitudinal)
• Inpatient Pharmacy Staffing (Longitudinal)
• Pharmacy Management/Leadership & Professional Development (Longitudinal)
• Clinical Precepting (Concentrated)

The specific program for each resident varies based upon the resident’s goals, interests, and previous experience. However, all residents are required to complete the above core rotations. The required rotations above can be repeated and tailored to resident interests as an elective, or the resident may select from elective rotations: Emergency Medicine, Oncology (inpatient/clinic), Advanced Heart Failure (inpatient/clinic), Internal Medicine Clinic, Anticoagulation Clinic, or Transplant Services (abdominal or heart).  The program also offers a Teaching Certificate Program with affiliated University as an elective.

Applicants must have graduated from an ACPE accredited school of pharmacy and must be eligible for Pennsylvania licensure. 

About PGY1 Pharmacy - Acute Care Setting; Allegheny General Hospital

Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) is an academic medical center serving Pittsburgh and the surrounding five-state area. The hospital annually admits more than 24,000 patients, and has nearly 800 physicians and approximately 5,000 employees that share AGH's commitment to excellence in patient care, medical education and research. AGH is the flagship tertiary care hospital in the Allegheny Health Network (AHN). The AGH Department of Pharmacy provides on-site outpatient pharmacy services and 24-hour inpatient comprehensive pharmacy services utilizing a decentralized, computerized unit-dose drug distribution system and intravenous admixture programs in a newly remodeled pharmacy. Other pharmacy services include drug information, computerized inventory control and procurement systems, integrated drug use review, and quality improvement. Extensive in-service education and staff development programs are also available. The AGH Pharmacy Residency Programs consists of 19 residents within eight-different residency programs. PGY1 programs include Acute Care and Ambulatory Focused residencies. PGY2 programs include Ambulatory Care, Cardiology, Critical Care, Oncology, and Infectious Di...seases residencies. A combined PGY1-PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration Residency Program with MPH at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health is also available. Residents receive a stipend of $44,000 for PGY1 and $46,000 for PGY2 with medical, prescription, dental, vision, disability, and life-insurance benefits. Thirteen paid days off are provided during the residency year outside of days to attend approved conferences.

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